Head-rest.



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HEAD REST.

APPLICATION man IUNF \2. ms.

1,298,235. Patented Mm. 25. 1919.

INVENTOF ATTORNEY JASPER MOCBILLIS, F KODALE, IOWA.

HEAD-BEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed June 12, 1918. Serial No. 289,588.

7 '0 all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, JASPER McCRILLIs,

' a citizen of the United States, residin at Module, in the county of Harrison and tate of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Head-Rests, of which the fol owing is a specification.

This invention relates to head rests, and more particularly to a head rest for use in connection with barbers chairs.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a rest by means of which a persons head supported thereby may be readily turned in either direction desired without the necessity'of grasping the persons head so as to turn it as is now usually done. A further object is to provide a rest of simple construction and operation having an endless belt passed about the same upon which a persons head may be supported, this belt being movable in either direction so as to turn the persons head by moving the belt. Further objects will up car from the detailed description.

11 the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a head rest constructed in accordance with my invention as applied,

Fig. 2 1s a back view,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

The rest dproper 1 may be of any suitable or standar padded on its upper face, as seen in Fig. 2. Its body is connected to the sup orting standard 2 carried by the back 0 the chair b means of a hinge friction joint 3 control ed by a hand-lever 4 b means of which the hm e is loosened so t at the rest may be tilted in either direction to raise or lower the persons chin, 1n the well known manner.

Rest 1 is provided, at each end, with a flanged roller 5 which is rotatably supported by bracket arms 6 secured to the base of the rest. An endless belt 7 is assed about the rest and the rollers 5. T is belt is preferably made of plush or other suitable material which wil grip frictionally the head Ooplea of this pateat may be obtained for construction and is preferably of a person seated in the chair, his head supported by the added portion of the rest. An operatin kno 8 is secured to the lower run of belt By means of this knob, the belt may be moved in either direction about rollers 5 thus rolling the persons head in the opposite direction so as to facilitate the shaving operation, and also permitting the persons ead to be turned easily and quickly without the necessity of the barber placing his hand u on the persons face or grasping the hea and turning it, as is the common practice. The 0 eration of the device will be clear from Fig. 2, in which it is assumed that it is desired to turn a persons head toward the left hand side of the figure. By moving the knob 8 toward the left hand side of the figure, so as to move the upper run of belt 7 toward the right hand slde, the persons head will be turned into approximately the osition indicated. This device may be rea ily applied to a head rest of standard construction and, for that reason, is very practical while comparatively inexpensive.

What I claim is:

In a head rest for barbers chairs, the combination with a friction hin e whereof one leaf is adapted to be attac ed to the chair back, a standard carried by the other leaf, and a lever for controlling the friction of the'hinge; of a. rest proper carried by said standard and having bracket-arms secured to its base and its upper face padded, a pair of flanged rollers rotatably mounted in said bracket-arm, an endless belt passing around said rollers with its upper run overlying said pad and its lower run underlying said base, and a knob carried by the lower run and depending therefrom, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my sigpature in presence of two witnesses.

JASPER MCCRILLIS.

Witnesses:

RAY MCCRILLIB, E. E. WAGGENER.

dve cents each, by addressing the commissioner of ratenta,

Washington, D. 0." 

